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Reuse or Burn? Evaluating the Producer Responsibility of Waste Paper

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  • Per-Olov Marklund
  • Eva Samakovlis

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In 1992, Sweden introduced a producer responsibility ordinance which explicitly states that sorted out, collected waste paper must be material recycled. Another alternative could be to recover energy by incineration. Material recycling was prioritized, although there is no environmental consensus favouring either of the alternatives. By calculating shadow prices of waste paper for the paper industry and for the heating plants, this study tries to determine whether waste paper should be partly incinerated. The study also addresses whether the producer responsibility has contributed to an inefficient allocation of waste paper. The results find no economic support for the producer responsibility.

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  • Per-Olov Marklund & Eva Samakovlis, 2003. "Reuse or Burn? Evaluating the Producer Responsibility of Waste Paper," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(3), pages 381-398.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:46:y:2003:i:3:p:381-398
    DOI: 10.1080/0964056032000096893
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    1. Brännlund, Runar & Marklund, Per-Olov & Sjöström, Magnus, 2001. "Evaluating market efficiency without price data. The Swedish market for wood fuel," Umeå Economic Studies 576, Umeå University, Department of Economics.
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